Lincoln Park District Fourth of July weekend starts with Children’s Parade ends with fireworks

 

[July 05, 2021] 

The Lincoln Park District kicked off its 2021 Fourth of July weekend celebration Saturday morning with the return of the Children’s Parade starting at Scully Park in Lincoln.

Traditionally known as a walking parade, with a few bikes and wagons, this year was just the opposite.

Of the large number of children participating in the parade, the vast majority were there on bikes, in wagons, or zipping along on their scooters.

The day began with children lining up for the judging. The judges had some difficult decisions to make but took the job quite seriously. When the parade was over, ending in front of the Lincoln Park District Recreation Center, winners were announced and children received prizes.



This year there was only one dog entry, but he was indeed a cutie.



There was also one youngster who chose to make the trek on her roller skates.



However, those skates proved to be a little less than pleasant, as the young lady was seen shedding the skates and making the march to the park district in her stockings.

Among the ones on scooters, surely the tiniest one commanded a lot of attention for cuteness.

The parade kicked off at 11 a.m. with a fire truck from the Lincoln Fire Department leading the way.



Following behind the fire truck was Becky Strait, the new director at the Lincoln Park District.
 

Strait had a good time at her first parade and water play afterward at the park district.



She joined in holding hands with children and running under the spray of water provided by the Lincoln Fire department.

In all, it was a great kick-off to the weekend. All day activities on Sunday held at the Park District included an afternoon pool party at the aquatic center, food vendors and music kept visitors happy at the putting greens in the evening. Then as darkness fell on the golf green, the fireworks offered a grand finale’ to a grand Fourth of July celebration.

[Nila Smith]